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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1941
Page
4
The Mount Airy News masthead appears with editor credits and a note about post office entry as second class matter. Subscription rates fragmentary text ends with references to March 1972, suggesting printing or filing details.
The piece argues for keeping production controls on cotton and wheat amid rising prices. It notes Dec 13 voting on marketing quotas and spring voting for wheat, urging farmers to weigh surpluses and loan programs that peg prices. It warns against abandoning controls, predicting trouble from unmanageable megacrops without government loans and a regulated path forward.
Reports say intimations of progress exist but the chance of a breakthrough remains slim. Secretary Hull has held two meetings with representatives from Great Britain China the Netherlands and other Far East powers as talks focus on Japan.
Twenty one years ago notes celebrate the Shelton wedding at Westfield with Dr. J. T. Smith officiating. Local editor J. B. Johnson recovers from appendicitis as plans unfold for a trip to Arizona. Church leaders buy land on Rockford Street to build a Methodist tabernacle while town taxes for 1920 are set at 90 cents per $100.
L P Watson Extension horticulturist NC State College cites 1940 county data showing 576 farms without gardens, $6121 average garden value per missing garden, totaling $35136 in losses for Surry County. State figures note 247127 of 278276 NC farms gardened. total garden value $14773625.
The list presents terse responses and names tied to a past era. Items include a count of over a million, a six year interval, a weekly twelve ounce measure, Navy seamen placement in earlier years, Gypsy Rose Lee as a burlesque performer, General A. Grant, Senator George Norris of Nebraska, a maritime location between Italy and Albania, and Herbert Clark Hicover.
In Forsyth County court William McGee and Ashbey Hiatt of Surry County pleaded guilty to stealing tobacco from several farmers. McGee agreed to repay $1,350 and received 3 to 4 years, while Hiatt faced 2 to 3 years. The case drew state wide attention due to their prominence and broad operation.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces an examination for tobacco leaf inspectors with salaries from 1620 to 3000 dollars yearly. Inspectors judge leaf quality and assign grades under federal standards and may work in the Agriculture Department market news service. Trainee and marketing aid posts yield 1440 and 1620 dollars, with promotion prospects and college credit for experience.
A reflection suggests that the idea of white-collar jobs may mislead those in practical trades. The piece argues that skilled laborers often face complex, nuanced tasks that resemble white-collar responsibilities in responsibility and precision.
The maximum age is 35. Applications must be filed with the United States Civil Service Commission in Washington, D C, by December 18, 1941. Interested persons should consult or obtain the examination announcement with full details on requirements and opportunities at any first or second class post office or the Commission’s central office.
A reader quiz asks ten questions on wartime topics including POW status in Germany sugar rationing in England why Annapolis midshipmen are so named Louise Hovick alias in another job the author I will fight on this line quote which U S Senator has served longest German plane losses over Britain location of the Straits of Otranto and the full name of former President Hoover plus note that answers appear at page bottom.
Rockford Illinois The Maxwell Millers bought two railroad refrigerator cars and three acres of cornfield to create a home. The insulated cars with understructures removed sit on cement foundations forming a 40 by 19 foot living area with a living room bedroom while other walls hold a kitchen and bath. Mrs Miller is the daughter of Ruth Hanna Simms, a former Illinois congresswoman at large.
Trustee announces sale of W H Wall and Stella Wall deed of trust property to satisfy indebtedness to First National Bank. Real estate located in Mount Airy described by metes and bounds, 796/100 acres, in front of First National Bank, January 5, 1942 at 3:00 PM. Sale date governed by December 7 1925 deed of trust recorded Book 73 Page 50.
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